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Samsung Announces UL-Certified Unbreakable OLED Panel for Smartphones
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Unbreakable is the new Unlimited. Unlimited data is now throttled. I am sure this so called unbreakable glass cracks. There is always a catch.
Nice. I’ll be happy once it comes to iPhone, but I’ve never broken any iPhone screen.
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The "unbreakable" certification is a joke.
Some years back, Panasonic came out to demo their Toughbook with a certified "unbreakable" display. The lady was explaining how it can withstand a drop from 6ft without issue, and dropped it from her shoulder height, which was maybe 5'2". Laptop hits the ground, screen snaps off, flies, and cracks. She looked mortified. Apparently "unbreakable" is still fairly breakable.
Some years back, Panasonic came out to demo their Toughbook with a certified "unbreakable" display. The lady was explaining how it can withstand a drop from 6ft without issue, and dropped it from her shoulder height, which was maybe 5'2". Laptop hits the ground, screen snaps off, flies, and cracks. She looked mortified. Apparently "unbreakable" is still fairly breakable.
I would be interested to see a ruggedized Mac laptop for military, first responder use.
Or neither break but you are left with two items connected by a ribbon.
And don’t forget milspec is usually the lowest price supplier that passes “most” military standards tests. Just a note for people that don’t understand that milspec doesn’t mean the absolute best.
Case in point...SIG P320 with it’s defective design that is now a standard issue sidearm. The problem has since been rectified....supposedly. But I still carry the SIG, myself.
Really? In late-2018? Wouldn't a silicone condom under a faulty keyboard joke be a more timely joke?
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I'll take unbreakable but scratches then both breakable and scratcheable like my X. It's an improvement, plain and simple!
So you are saying making a premium Etch a Sketch phone is superior R&D? Doesn't Samsung need to go fix some exploding washing machines?
Depends...Is applying membranes under keyboards a superior R&D ?
Seriously?
“...should it meet Apple's demands for quality.”
I think this is what the young people call ”haterade”.
“...should it meet Apple's demands for quality.”
I think this is what the young people call ”haterade”.
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Interesting point. An unbreakable smart phone display really doesn’t appeal to me, because the majority of smart phone users use cases anyways or if you have someone like myself, I have *never* broken my smart phone display by dropping it. If a display was offered that can’t scratch, that would be more appealing to me, as I don’t use screen protectors, although I do think smart phone displays are fairly durable for what they are.
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"military standards" -> blabla
A drop test administered at 1.2 meters (nearly 4 feet) above the ground -> LOL
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height
2. Just dropping a display is completely different from a complete, heavier device.
This test is non-practical fun / PR nonsense. Why does MacRumors pull something like this?
A drop test administered at 1.2 meters (nearly 4 feet) above the ground -> LOL
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height
2. Just dropping a display is completely different from a complete, heavier device.
This test is non-practical fun / PR nonsense. Why does MacRumors pull something like this?
Nice try. As if Apple have never marketed a defective product. MacBook Pro keyboard? Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Put a tempered glass protector on it. No scratches, still feels like glass, cheap to replace.
No anytime Samsung come up with an idea first people will ridicule it until Apple decide to do the same thing. Then we will get told that Apple don’t do it first, they do it right. Or even better we will be told that actually Apple have been working on the same thing for years and that Samsung are just doing a rush release to get it out before Apple.
